Here are some notes on each place.
Covent Garden
There are more types of jewel makers than I can count. So if you want some nice shiny things for memories when you have to go back home or you just want to admire it Covent Gardens is the right place for you.
And while you can just walk around for hours admiring the people and buildings there are many things to do. I found one thing very interesting. The Covent Gardens used to be part of the uglier London. And to see the older taste you can go to the 18th century pub "The Lamb and Flag" and London's oldest restaurant "Rules" For things to do I found that this web site was very informative.
http://www.visitlondon.com/discover-london/london-areas/central/top-10-covent garden#KjWbdSCMT1EFHHb1.97
Whitechapel
Used to be the horror movie of London in the 18th century, where you were likely to get stolen/stabbed/both/then thrown into water to drown/ you get the point.
Now it is the industrial area and where many immigrants go.
Now it is the industrial area and where many immigrants go.
Southwark
For all of you who like a nice refreshing pint. Southwark has many brewers.
or for people who enjoy religon or architecture Southwark has a beautiful Cathedral.
Big Ben
The big bell tower is commonly known as Big Ben. But in fact this nickname is for the bell not the tower it self. And if you want to be posh when you address this tower you shall call it Elizabeth Tower. The tower was completed in 1859. You can locate it at the North end of Westminister Palace.
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule (a.k.a by simpler people as the draw bridge (I am a simpler person)) and suspension bridge built in 1886–1894. It was officially opened in 1898.
Buckingham and Kensington Palaces (I have coppied and pasted this part here, because I would have said practically the same thing. I got it from (
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150805134142AAl7w9S) )
They're different places, of course. Buckingham Palace is where the Queen lives in London and where her office staff work, Kensington Palace is divided into several apartments and is lived in by several other members of the royal family, and Windsor Castle is where the Queen lives at weekends. You can also add Clarence House to this - that's the Prince of Wales's London "pad".
Buckingham Palace is the most important as it's the Queen's central London residence. She meets the Prime Minister for a chat there once a week while Parliament is sitting, state banquets to welcome visiting kings and presidents are held there (though sometimes at Windsor), royal garden parties are held in the garden there, and investitures (where she presents knighthoods and other honours) are held there. The Queen actually likes Windsor more but Buckingham Palace is in a more convenient place. I don't think there has ever been a British monarch who actually LIKED Buckingham Palace!
The upshot is that you can't visit Kensington Palace at all because it's all private apartments, you can visit the state rooms at the back of Buckingham Palace when the Queen goes away in the summer to Balmoral Castle for several weeks (but not the rest of the palace - that's all private apartments and offices, or other rooms with nothing much to see), and Windsor Castle is open to visitors nearly all the time because it's so big that visitors won't disturb the Queen. If you ever visit London, Windsor is just outside the Greater London area and an easy trip out for the day by train.
Buckingham Palace is the most important as it's the Queen's central London residence. She meets the Prime Minister for a chat there once a week while Parliament is sitting, state banquets to welcome visiting kings and presidents are held there (though sometimes at Windsor), royal garden parties are held in the garden there, and investitures (where she presents knighthoods and other honours) are held there. The Queen actually likes Windsor more but Buckingham Palace is in a more convenient place. I don't think there has ever been a British monarch who actually LIKED Buckingham Palace!
The upshot is that you can't visit Kensington Palace at all because it's all private apartments, you can visit the state rooms at the back of Buckingham Palace when the Queen goes away in the summer to Balmoral Castle for several weeks (but not the rest of the palace - that's all private apartments and offices, or other rooms with nothing much to see), and Windsor Castle is open to visitors nearly all the time because it's so big that visitors won't disturb the Queen. If you ever visit London, Windsor is just outside the Greater London area and an easy trip out for the day by train.
Mayfair
Mayfair is now just shopping. So if you need a new shirt or a nice ring then here is a place to go.Soho
This area is like Mayfair, a shopping area
Paddington
The important landmarks of the district are Paddington Station, designed by the celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Burnel and opened in 1847; St Mary's Hospital; and Paddington Green Police Station (the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom).
Victoria and Albert museum
This museum has everything from women's underwear, to the film industry, to engineering.
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